I guess I'll start with how we imagine the night will go.
Our guests arrive at a boutique hotel in Milwaukee, a former bedding factory in the warehouse district. To the left of the hotel is a large patio, surrounded by a rock garden with three giant metal drum fire pits, and over looking the white 6th street bridge modeled after the Calatrava designed Milwaukee Art Museum.We will have our ceremony on the patio, under a tent, something short and sweet, and somehow incorporating a candle light ceremony. As a kid, my favorite memories were of Christmas Eve candle light ceremonies. While neither of us are very religious, something about the feeling of holding my little candle, lit from being passed from one person to another, watching the entire church fill slowly with light, strikes a chord, and makes one really feel a part of something. I'm really hoping to harness that feeling again as part of our ceremony, we'll see!
After the ceremony, we will head inside for a cocktail hour to my favorite location in The Iron Horse. Our guests will mingle between the lobby and the library, sit amongst the worn leather chairs, warm fire places, and a great view of down town. Servers will pass gourmet hors d'oeuvres, and open bar will begin with our signature cocktail and beer and wine.
After some time, we'll head back out to the patio for a toast and dancing, under the tent. Afterwards, guest can stay and dance, or go and mingle inside and enjoy the photo booth (so excited!).
The rest of the night will be mostly a cocktail hour, some cake cutting, late night pizza from Pizza Shuttle, and dancing. One of the nice things about having our event at the Iron Horse, is that we can celebrate into the wee hours, as the lobby is open 24 hours, and the bar doesn't close until 2 am.
I'm sure there will be more details to come, but so far, so good. So far it's been an interesting ride, and, thankfully, we have over 7 months to go.
Photos: The Iron Horse Hotel
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